No, this is not a left-over snipe at the failed Texas power-grid (thanks to the state’s failed regulatory system). It is a sorrowful acknowledgement that I am powerless to step in and right wrongs and injustices everywhere I see them. So, unhappily, is Congress — at least for the moment. …
Yesterday — by happenstance, it was St Patrick’s Day — marked one year since my office sent everyone home. Like “Ollie Ollie in-free!”, ready or not, run for Home. St Patrick, Ireland’s patron saint, driver-out of snakes, would have been flummoxed. How shall I drive out a disease borne in …
Speak Out: Pass the For the People Act One of my great passions is stopping the systematic disenfranchisement of American voters across the country. Outright disenfranchisement — taking away a citizen’s right to vote — is pretty damned blatant. The laws doing so must be very creative. For example, a …
Sometimes, things change for us personally, on a small but important-to-me scale. I got braces and now I feel ugly. I failed an important test and my score to get into college is down a point. My pet hamster died and I’m sad. Sometimes, they change for us personally, but …
In January, I tested the Braver Angels waters, as a participant in a training about communication. In hindsight, their timing was sensational, because it was held a few short days before the assault on the Capitol. Today, I tested its debate format, as a listener. The night’s topic: “Voter fraud …
